Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 85 49
Rank change year-on-year -32 -36 -10
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,164 1,847 2,593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 3.31% 4.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.69% 5.45%
Number of salaries quoted 792 1,026 1,993
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,278 £48,750
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £88,750 £90,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 49,174 50,059 47,595
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.96% 89.84% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 28,944 25,024 36,293
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -20 1,078 £77,500 +10.71% 1,920
London +6 603 £85,000 - 627
UK excluding London -79 504 £70,000 +7.69% 1,446
Work from Home -27 489 £75,000 +11.11% 1,208
North of England -24 221 £70,000 +13.17% 364
North West -8 119 £67,500 +7.14% 195
South East -103 100 £75,000 +7.14% 384
Yorkshire -15 87 £75,000 +22.54% 140
Midlands -10 64 £75,000 +15.38% 248
South West -65 52 £65,000 +4.00% 150
West Midlands +8 37 £71,250 +15.19% 125
Scotland -53 34 £72,500 +3.57% 69
East of England -11 28 £80,000 +39.13% 187
East Midlands -27 25 £77,500 +19.23% 108
North East -2 15 £61,350 +16.86% 29
Wales -14 5 £55,200 +10.40% 49
Northern Ireland -15 3 - - 21
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 31 (2.66%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 24 (2.06%) Apache
3 24 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 24 (2.06%) Confluence
4 13 (1.12%) OpenStack
5 11 (0.95%) JBoss
6 10 (0.86%) Appian
7 9 (0.77%) CMS
8 8 (0.69%) WebSphere
9 6 (0.52%) nginx
10 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
10 5 (0.43%) IIS
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.17%) Liferay
12 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.086%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.086%) ColdFusion
13 1 (0.086%) NServiceBus
13 1 (0.086%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (1.89%) Maya
2 14 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 12 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 17 (1.46%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.77%) Endur
2 9 (0.77%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
5 4 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.086%) Actimize
8 1 (0.086%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.086%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.086%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.086%) Quorum
8 1 (0.086%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.086%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 614 (52.75%) AWS
2 554 (47.59%) Azure
3 196 (16.84%) Serverless
4 189 (16.24%) GCP
5 158 (13.57%) SaaS
6 125 (10.74%) GitHub
7 120 (10.31%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (6.96%) Amazon S3
9 78 (6.70%) Amazon EKS
10 75 (6.44%) AWS Lambda
11 64 (5.50%) Amazon ECS
12 61 (5.24%) PaaS
13 57 (4.90%) GitHub Actions
14 52 (4.47%) Amazon SQS
15 48 (4.12%) AWS CloudFormation
16 41 (3.52%) IaaS
17 38 (3.26%) Power Platform
18 37 (3.18%) Amazon EC2
19 33 (2.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
19 33 (2.84%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.95%) HTTP
2 9 (0.77%) AMQP
3 7 (0.60%) Network Security
4 4 (0.34%) Internet
4 4 (0.34%) WAN
5 3 (0.26%) Broadband
5 3 (0.26%) Multicast
6 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.17%) LAN
6 2 (0.17%) SNMP
6 2 (0.17%) SSL
7 1 (0.086%) MQTT
7 1 (0.086%) TCAP
7 1 (0.086%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 168 (14.43%) NoSQL
2 162 (13.92%) PostgreSQL
3 144 (12.37%) MongoDB
4 132 (11.34%) SQL Server
5 64 (5.50%) Relational Database
6 60 (5.15%) DynamoDB
7 53 (4.55%) MySQL
8 43 (3.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 40 (3.44%) Elasticsearch
10 28 (2.41%) Redis
11 23 (1.98%) Big Data
11 23 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
11 23 (1.98%) Power BI
12 21 (1.80%) RDBMS
13 17 (1.46%) Tableau
14 16 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
15 15 (1.29%) DB2
16 12 (1.03%) BigQuery
17 10 (0.86%) Data Lake
18 9 (0.77%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 159 (13.66%) Git
2 125 (10.74%) Jenkins
3 58 (4.98%) JIRA
4 49 (4.21%) GitLab
5 43 (3.69%) JUnit
5 43 (3.69%) Selenium
6 35 (3.01%) Cucumber
7 28 (2.41%) TeamCity
8 27 (2.32%) JMeter
9 25 (2.15%) Mockito
10 22 (1.89%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.80%) Bitbucket
12 17 (1.46%) Oracle Forms
13 14 (1.20%) CircleCI
14 12 (1.03%) Maven
15 10 (0.86%) Postman
16 9 (0.77%) LoadRunner
17 8 (0.69%) git-flow
18 7 (0.60%) Snyk
19 6 (0.52%) REST Assured
General
1 346 (29.73%) Social Skills
2 341 (29.30%) Finance
3 115 (9.88%) Banking
4 108 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
5 101 (8.68%) Law
6 67 (5.76%) Public Sector
7 57 (4.90%) Retail
8 48 (4.12%) Games
9 46 (3.95%) Financial Institution
10 35 (3.01%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.66%) French Language
12 30 (2.58%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 27 (2.32%) Marketing
14 26 (2.23%) Billing
14 26 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.15%) Back Office
16 24 (2.06%) Legal
17 21 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
18 16 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 401 (34.45%) Developer
2 266 (22.85%) Senior
3 239 (20.53%) Architect
4 194 (16.67%) Software Engineer
5 179 (15.38%) Lead
6 115 (9.88%) Solutions Architect
7 100 (8.59%) .NET Developer
7 100 (8.59%) Java Developer
8 90 (7.73%) Senior Developer
9 89 (7.65%) Full-Stack Developer
10 63 (5.41%) Senior Software Engineer
11 58 (4.98%) Java Engineer
12 56 (4.81%) Lead Developer
13 50 (4.30%) Software Developer
14 46 (3.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 41 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
16 40 (3.44%) Full-Stack Java Developer
17 38 (3.26%) Lead Architect
18 35 (3.01%) Java Software Engineer
19 34 (2.92%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (26.03%) .NET
2 281 (24.14%) React
3 249 (21.39%) RESTful
4 199 (17.10%) Spring
5 195 (16.75%) REST
6 180 (15.46%) Kafka
7 173 (14.86%) Spring Boot
8 146 (12.54%) AngularJS
9 143 (12.29%) Node.js
10 121 (10.40%) .NET Core
11 98 (8.42%) HTML
12 76 (6.53%) .NET Framework
13 69 (5.93%) ASP.NET
13 69 (5.93%) CSS
14 63 (5.41%) ASP.NET Web API
15 60 (5.15%) RabbitMQ
16 56 (4.81%) Entity Framework
16 56 (4.81%) Middleware
17 51 (4.38%) Hibernate
17 51 (4.38%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 305 (26.20%) Cloud Native
2 175 (15.03%) Distributed Systems
3 126 (10.82%) Enterprise Software
4 100 (8.59%) Product Ownership
5 48 (4.12%) Greenfield Project
5 48 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.84%) Data Structures
7 30 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (2.58%) Virtual Team
8 28 (2.41%) Algorithms
9 25 (2.15%) Blockchain
10 24 (2.06%) Distributed Architecture
11 23 (1.98%) AI Agents
12 22 (1.89%) Onboarding
13 17 (1.46%) Low-Code
13 17 (1.46%) Mobile App
14 16 (1.37%) Public Cloud
15 15 (1.29%) IoT
15 15 (1.29%) Management Information System
16 12 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 53 (4.55%) Linux
2 23 (1.98%) Windows
3 20 (1.72%) Android
4 10 (0.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.26%) CentOS
5 3 (0.26%) Debian
5 3 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
6 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.086%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (51.12%) Agile
2 535 (45.96%) CI/CD
3 493 (42.35%) DevOps
4 364 (31.27%) Software Engineering
5 276 (23.71%) Full-Stack Development
6 272 (23.37%) Containerisation
7 252 (21.65%) AI
8 238 (20.45%) Mentoring
9 230 (19.76%) Problem-Solving
10 204 (17.53%) Event-Driven
11 197 (16.92%) Continuous Improvement
12 178 (15.29%) Computer Science
13 158 (13.57%) Test Automation
14 157 (13.49%) TDD
15 156 (13.40%) Roadmaps
16 154 (13.23%) Scrum
17 145 (12.46%) Technical Leadership
18 136 (11.68%) Clean Code
19 131 (11.25%) SDLC
20 126 (10.82%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 389 (33.42%) Java
2 293 (25.17%) C#
3 287 (24.66%) Python
4 276 (23.71%) SQL
5 258 (22.16%) JavaScript
6 205 (17.61%) TypeScript
7 62 (5.33%) Go
8 36 (3.09%) Shell Script
9 28 (2.41%) PL/SQL
10 24 (2.06%) C++
11 23 (1.98%) PHP
12 20 (1.72%) C
13 18 (1.55%) Bash
14 17 (1.46%) Ruby
15 15 (1.29%) Kotlin
15 15 (1.29%) PowerShell
16 13 (1.12%) Rust
17 7 (0.60%) Scala
18 6 (0.52%) Bicep
18 6 (0.52%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 205 (17.61%) Degree
2 131 (11.25%) Computer Science Degree
3 93 (7.99%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.93%) SC Cleared
5 67 (5.76%) AWS Certification
6 57 (4.90%) Master's Degree
7 46 (3.95%) TOGAF Certification
8 41 (3.52%) Azure Certification
9 36 (3.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 29 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (1.29%) AWS Certified Developer
12 14 (1.20%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.77%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.77%) PMP
14 6 (0.52%) CISM
14 6 (0.52%) CISSP
14 6 (0.52%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
16 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
16 3 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (7.39%) QA
2 23 (1.98%) GDPR
3 22 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 17 (1.46%) PCI DSS
5 11 (0.95%) IFRS
5 11 (0.95%) SLA
6 10 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.77%) IFRS 17
7 9 (0.77%) NIST
7 9 (0.77%) Solvency II
8 8 (0.69%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.69%) EMIR
8 8 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.52%) NCSC
10 5 (0.43%) WCAG
11 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.26%) SEPA
12 2 (0.17%) PSD2
12 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 356 (30.58%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.086%) HDFS
5 1 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 345 (29.64%) Kubernetes
2 175 (15.03%) Terraform
3 44 (3.78%) Grafana
4 43 (3.69%) Ansible
5 27 (2.32%) Kibana
6 18 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (1.29%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.12%) Argo
9 5 (0.43%) Puppet
10 4 (0.34%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.34%) Kubeflow
10 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.26%) Istio
12 2 (0.17%) Rancher
13 1 (0.086%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.086%) Nagios
Vendors
1 184 (15.81%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.50%) Oracle
3 28 (2.41%) Guidewire
4 27 (2.32%) Google
5 23 (1.98%) Salesforce
5 23 (1.98%) SAP
6 21 (1.80%) Splunk
7 20 (1.72%) Dynatrace
8 19 (1.63%) OpenAI
9 18 (1.55%) BiZZdesign
10 14 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 13 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
12 12 (1.03%) Atlassian
12 12 (1.03%) Duck Creek
13 11 (0.95%) IBM
13 11 (0.95%) Software AG
14 10 (0.86%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.86%) Palo Alto
15 9 (0.77%) Red Hat
16 8 (0.69%) OpenLink